sentimentality
noun
[ ˌsɛntɪmɛnˈtalɪti ]
• exaggerated and self-indulgent tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.
• "there are passages which verge on sentimentality"
Similar:
mawkishness,
over-sentimentality,
sentimentalism,
emotionalism,
overemotionalism,
nostalgia,
pathos,
romanticism,
kitsch,
tweeness,
schmaltz,
mush,
slush,
sob stuff,
slushiness,
sloppiness,
slop,
corn,
corniness,
hokum,
cheese,
soppiness,
sappiness,
hokeyness,
